See also:

• RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened form derived from Med. Lat. retrotabulum)

RETABLE (Fr. retable, a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form derived from Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. retrotabulum)  , a See also:

• TERM

term of ecclesiastical See also:

• ART

art and See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, applied in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage to an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar-ledge or shelf, raised slightly above the back of the altar or communion table, on which are placed the See also:

• CROSS

cross, ceremonial candlesticks and other ornaments . Retables may be lawfully used in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (See also:

• LIDDELL, HENRY GEORGE (1811-1898)

Liddell £a° See also:

• BEALE, DOROTHEA (1831-1906)

Beale, 186o, 14 P.C.) . See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign usage of the term, as in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, is different, and where the word is kept with this foreign application, the distinction should be observed . The Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. retrotabulum (modernized retabulum) was applied to an architectural feature set up at the back of an altar, and generally taking the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen framing a picture, carved or sculptured See also:

• WORK

work in See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, or See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic, or of a movable feature such as the famous•Pala d' Oro in St See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark's, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, jewels and enamels . The foreign " r6table " is, therefore, what should in English be called a " See also:

• REREDOS (Anglo-Fr. areredos, from arere, behind, and dos, back)

reredos " (q.v.), though that is not in modern usage a movable feature .